Brooter box?

[webstertroy]

OK so I tried to put a chick with my hen to see if she would take to it since she has been broody... We so far it isnt working.. Tonight I will stick them in a brooder box any ideas on a box?

[TimH]

just wondering why you are putting a newborn chick with a hen? if the hen is broody, giver her some fertilized eggs to lay on. some breeds are naturally more broody.

i use something similar to this, only smaller when i'm trying to get a hen to sit.

[webstertroy]

I hav tried a few things to get her unbroody.. I was told on here and saw online that sometimes you can add a chick to her and they will take it on like it was a hatched egg

[systemnt]

First of all websterroy, you never let on how much you want the chick to not be broody . "Oh, chick. Hi.dont be broody"
Two, you always call the shots. "Stop being broody. You won't regret it."
Now three, act like wherever you are, that's the place to be. "Isn't this brooder box great?"
Four, when ordering chick to get with the hen, you find out what hen she wants, then set up the box for the both of them. It's a classy move.
And five, now this is the most important, websterroy. When it comes down to getting the chick with the hen, whenever possible, put on side one of Led Zeppelin IV.

[webstertroy]

wow

[RedArrow]

Put her in an isolated area for about 3 days, where she can't set. A dog crate, brooder box like above... I have an old hog trap I put mine in and after about 3 days out of the hen house, she's past her broody stage. I have 1 hen that gets broody about 4 times a year! I usually let her set on eggs in the spring for one hatch, then do as I describe above for the rest. 1 hatching a year keeps me in plenty of fresh chickens by time you cull the roosters.

[TimH]

Put her in an isolated area for about 3 days, where she can't set. A dog crate, brooder box like above... I have an old hog trap I put mine in and after about 3 days out of the hen house, she's past her broody stage. I have 1 hen that gets broody about 4 times a year! I usually let her set on eggs in the spring for one hatch, then do as I describe above for the rest. 1 hatching a year keeps me in plenty of fresh chickens by time you cull the roosters.

I hav tried a few things to get her unbroody.. I was told on here and saw online that sometimes you can add a chick to her and they will take it on like it was a hatched egg

cool!

[tex4k]

If you're going try to get her to take the chick, let her set on a nest today, then tonight take the chick and put it under her, check during the day tomorrow to see if she'll bring the little one off.

[passing thru]

Systemnt

John Wayne gave a great quote about you years ago " You cant fix Stupid "

[tex4k]

Btw, be careful of a lot of those u-tube experts, some of them have almost as much knowledge as that brooder box you posted. Also a brooder box is for raising chicks without hens, until they loose their down and are growing feathers. Hens with chicks are penned away from the other adult birds or free ranged.

[systemnt]

Systemnt

John Wayne gave a great quote about you years ago " You cant fix Stupid "

“You're short on ears and long on mouth.”
― John Wayne

[rferg84]

I could google it but wth is broody?

[TKRanch]

Not sure what breed you have, but we have always had luck simply waiting till night and sneaking a chick or three under them in the dark. Mostly this has been with exotic breeds and bantams, but I don't remember a time it didn't work. Have done it as many as two nights in a row, but that is all.

Good luck

[yanta61]

put a few eggs in a nest and let her sit on them if she is broody...after a few day go out at night and put the chicks in the nest with her...

[tex4k]

I could google it but wth is broody?

When a hen is wanting to "set" she'll start puffing up her feathers and clucking for a few days, this is called "getting broody".